Kyle Is Trying to Decide Which Brand of Diapers He

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Multiple Choice

Kyle is trying to decide which brand of diapers he should buy for his newborn daughter. Each of the brands has its own unique features that make it seem better than the others. Some have extra padding so that it retains more fluid. Another hasspecial elastic bands around the legs to prevent leakage. Still others have fancy Velcro fasteners. Finally, confused over allof the features, Kyle buys the brand that he recognizes from commercials. What decision-making strategy did Kyle use?

• A)the additive model
• B)the elimination by aspects model
• C)representativeness heuristic model
• D)the single-feature model

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Definitions:

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